August 28th, 2012—the day Guild Wars 2 launches—is fast approaching. Everyone here at ArenaNet is anxiously counting the days right along with every Guild Wars 2 fan. As you may have seen, we host a countdown timer on the front page of our official website.

The information below will give you specific details about times and dates based on whether you pre-purchased, pre-ordered, or are picking up a copy of the game on release day. For those players who have not pre-purchased or pre-ordered the game, Guild Wars 2 will officially launch at 0:00 AM Pacific time (GMT -7:00) on August 28th.

Pre-Purchase with 3-Day Headstart: Everyone who pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 will enjoy three full days of Headstart Access. The three-day Headstart Access will officially begin at 0:00 AM Pacific time (GMT -7:00) on August 25th. However, please note that in order to ensure we’re fully prepared for that fateful hour we may bring servers online up to 3 hours prior. If you’re a player committed to getting in first to grab that character name of your dreams you’ll want to be keeping an eye on things during that time period.

Pre-Order with 1-Day Headstart: Those who pre-ordered Guild Wars 2 will be able to participate in one day of Headstart Access. The one-day Headstart Access will begin at 0:00 AM Pacific time (GMT -7:00) on August 27th. NOTE - Pre-Order code registration is now enabled.

Download the Client today: If you’ve registered your pre-purchase or pre-order and created your Guild Wars 2 account you can go to account management today and download the client. Be sure to update the client periodically to minimize your download at launch. We look forward to seeing you in-game very soon!

Morce

08-22-2012, 07:32 PM

http://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw

Kove

08-22-2012, 07:38 PM

http://youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw

Lol, i love this song but what a horrible video. Even for the time period it's bad. Haha.

matheon

08-22-2012, 07:46 PM

Lol, i love this song but what a horrible video. Even for the time period it's bad. Haha.

in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyggY_R3jU8) one gw2 actually made the top comment :P

3622

terroni

08-22-2012, 07:48 PM

http://youtu.be/IliwQImJrYE

matheon

08-22-2012, 07:50 PM

omgi lost it when that dude's head started banging at 1:05!

a much better vid than the original sadly.

Furcas

08-22-2012, 08:19 PM

omgi lost it when that dude's head started banging at 1:05!

a much better vid than the original sadly.

Holy fuck that was good.

Jermaine

08-23-2012, 12:48 AM

in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyggY_R3jU8) one gw2 actually made the top comment :P

3622

hahaha thats awesome!

Timmeh

08-23-2012, 01:46 AM

Stop that ,this is Sun Tzu.It is like crediting Klingons with "Revenge is a dish best served cold"
I SAY THE NEY !! Yeah who said dat!!

RATT

08-23-2012, 11:51 AM

in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyggY_R3jU8) one gw2 actually made the top comment :P

3622

lol wtcrap

Scuba

08-23-2012, 02:36 PM

0700 GMT, eh? Looks like i'll have to wake up early.

Zage

08-23-2012, 03:15 PM

0700 GMT, eh? Looks like i'll have to wake up early.

Actually, they may bring up servers 3 hours earlier, so anywhere between 0400 GMT and 0700 GMT.

Nephlite

08-24-2012, 09:52 PM

Ok Im sure you all have tried by now.. but 4 hours early and still no access.. Oh my impatience is killin me